Also on this week's podcast, staffers open up about our very own shop manager's recent findings at a workshop in Ecuador. You won't believe what this woodworker is about to do.

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On this week’s edition of Shop Talk Live, we squirm in our seats after hearing FWW shop manager Bill Peck’s account of a tablesaw safety technique that leaves a lot to be desired. Then, Mike Pekovich, Matt Kenney, and Ed Pirnik answer your woodworking questions and present a whole host of their All Time Favorite Techniques of All Time…for this week.

Mike Makes a Confession

Also on this week’s podcast, our esteemed art director and all around good guy, Mike Pekovich, makes a shocking confession concerning a pair of Japanese chisels, a woodworking legend, and some unintended tool abuse. You won’t want to miss it! Oh, and…sorry Mike!

Also on this week's podcast, staffers open up about our very own shop manager's recent findings at a workshop in Ecuador. You won't believe what this woodworker is about to do.

On this week's podcast, Mike Pekovich, Matt Kenney, and Ed Pirnik share a variety of their All Time Favorite Techniques of All Time-from honing tricks and inlay techniques, to furniture knobs and the art of pre-finishing.

Later on in the show, our esteemed art director, Mike Pekovich, comes clean regarding the unintended abuse of a woodworking legend's Japanese chisels. Yikes!

Hi guys. Loving the show, the right blend of solid info and bad jokes for mine.

Just a quick comment/suggestion. I listen on the bus to and from work and I particularly noticed in this episode that the difference in volume levels between the 3 of you was quite noticeable. There were a couple of times when I could barely hear Mike above the background noise, whereas Matt & Ed were fine. I'm just wondering if you could run the audio file through a compressor or something to even it out a little?

Concerning a Unifence on a SawStop saw:
I had a Unifence on a Jet cabinet saw and loved it. When I bought a SawStop and sold the Jet I decided to let the Unifence go with the saw. I miss that fence.
The SawStop unit is top of the line but the fence sides are not flat, nor did I expect them to be as they are, after all, plywood. I recently found the VeryCoolSuperTools fence and am thinking seriously about changing to their fence as the sides will be straight and easy to mount jigs to.
I hope FineWoodworking will test this fence as it looks to be the best combination of both fence types and I'm interested in your perspective.
I also believe it would satisfy the question asked about the Unifence in this podcast.

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